Mobile Internet exploding, online ads about to take off, says analyst Mary Meeker

Published 8th June
Internet research analyst Mary Meeker delivered a full plate of mobile and online advertising optimism Monday in the form of her 48-page Internet Trends presentation.
Internet Trends 2010 by Morgan Stanley Research
In the Morgan Stanley analyst’s presentation at the Conversational Marketing Summit in New York, Meeker said mobile Internet use is ramping up faster [...]

The mobile touch web – virtual roundtable

Published 12th May
Mobile. Touch. Web
In the past 15 years technology has changed in ways that no one could have forseen. Now with the convergence of the mobile Web and touch screen technology we’re embarking on another journey into the unpredictable. However… 
A Collaborative vision
If we’re all heading in the same direction why not make use of the [...]

Carnival of the Mobilists #219

Published 12th April
Greetings and welcome to the 219th Carnival of the Mobilists. This week created and hosted by AntoineRJWright.
Our Indigo 102 post on the iPhone was featured and received a best ‘nod’ from Antoine. For the full Carnival visit: 219th Carnival of the Mobilists
The excerpt:
“Indigo 102 diagnoses the “i Syndrome” that’s unfortunately too common in [...]

Manual for the 2nd Internet Revolution – Mobile Mania

Published 9th April
Two videos based on a great publication from Young and Rubicam – presented by Simon Silvester.
MOBILE

Always on
Always with you
Always connected

The world is changing as the mobile becomes the computer.
Part 1:

Part 2:

Real Reasons Why Traditional Media Can Really (Still) Win Big In Mobile Advertising

Published 24th March
Guest post published on mSearchGroove 
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mobile advertising is certain the hot topic at CTIA, where Mobile Web And Apps World Forum (Ajit Jaokar’s CTIA partner event) was standing room only. (Well done Ajit!) Players from across the ecosystem are anxious to explore new models to monetize inventory, apps and services. However, as I [...]

Mobile users, Going…Going…Gone. Whoops.

Published 12th January
Retention of users and usage frequency will become far more important for mobile services and should be central to mobile strategy for many organisations as they start to attempt to deliver real value from mobile.  
Last week I posted about the shocking reality of the retention levels of Apple and Android Applications. Analytics [...]

Morgan Stanley: Mobile Internet reports 2009

Published 16th December
Morgan Stanley has released  two reports about the mobile internet: ‘The Mobile Internet Report,’ a 424 page report which explores 8 major themes; and ‘The Mobile Internet Report Key Themes,’ a 659-slide presentation that drills down on thoughts covered in the report. We have embedded both documents below, along with the Report set-up [...]

Number of Mobile Devices Accessing the Internet Expected to Surpass One Billion by 2013, According to IDC

Published 10th December
There were more than 450 million mobile Internet users worldwide in 2009, a number that is expected to more than double by the end of 2013. Driven by the popularity and affordability of mobile phones, smartphones, and other wireless devices, IDC’s Worldwide Digital Marketplace Model and Forecast (an IDC Database service) expects the [...]

Core principles when Thinking Mobile

Published 2nd December

Mobile web is going to be bigger that the PC web

Published 19th November
In response to a post on Forum Oxford.
The mobile web is going to be bigger that the PC web because there are simple more of us with access, the mobile always with us and turned on. Mobile will be the first point of access to the internet environment for many moving forward, rather [...]